UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  agricultural  experiment  Station 

COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE  E.  J.  Wickson,  d. rector 

BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 


CIRCULAR  No.  39. 

(August,  1908.) 


INSTRUCTION  IN  PRACTICAL  AGRICULTURE 


AT   THE 


UNIVERSITY  FARM,  DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA. 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF 


FARMERS'  SHORT  COURSES  FOR  1 908 


AND   THE 


5CHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE,  FOR  1909. 


Benjamin    Ide  Wheeleb,   Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  University. 
INSTRUCTING    STAFF    AND    SUBJECTS 

FROM    THE    COLLEGE    OF    AGRICULTURE. 

E.  J.  Wickson,  M.A.,  Horticulture,  Grasses  and  Forage  Crops. 

Leroy  Anderson,  M.S. A.,  Ph.D.,  Dairy  Industry. 

M.  E.  Jaffa,  M.S.,  Poultry  Husbandry. 

C.  W.  Woodworth,  M.S.,  Entomology. 

B.  II.  Loughridge,  Ph.D.,  Soils. 

G.  W.  Shaw,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Cereals  and  Sugar  Beets. 

E.  W.  Major,  B.Agr.,  Animal   Industry. 

W.  T.  Clarke,  B.S.,  Horticulture  and  Viticulture. 

B.  A.   Etcheverry,   B.S.,   Irrigation. 
J.   S.  Burd,  B.S.,  Fertilizers. 

C.  M.  Haring,   D.V.M.,   Veterinary   Science. 
II.  A.  Hopper,  B.S.A.,  Dairy  Industry. 

E.  H.  Hageman,  Dairy  Industry. 
A.  E.  Wright,  B.S.,  Irrigation. 

A.   J.  Gaumnitz,  B.S.A.,   Cereals.. 
M.  E.  Sherwin,  B.S.,  Cereals. 
J.  A.  Denny,  Sugar  Beets. 

NON-RESIDENT    INSTRUCTORS. 

F.  T.  Bioletti,  M.S.,  Hollister,  Viticulture. 

W.  B.  Mack,  D.V.M.,  University  of  Nevada,  Veterinary  Science. 

Charles  Keane,  D.V.S.,  State  Veterinarian  of  California,  Veterinary  Science. 

F.  H.  McNair,  D.V.M.,  Berkeley,  Poultry  Diseases. 

Mrs.  M.   E.   Sherman,  Fresno,   Horticulture  and  Viticulture. 
Mrs.  A.  Basley,  Los  Angeles,-  Poultry  Husbandry. 
Frank   T.    Swett,    Martinez,    Viticulture. 

G.  N.  Hecke,  Woodland,  Horticulture  and  Viticulture. 

Earl  Morris,  B.S.,  County  Entomologist,  Santa  Clara,  Entomology. 

W.  H.  Volck,  County  Entomologist,  Santa  Cruz  and  Monterey,  Entomology. 

J.  S.  Hunter,  County  Entomologist,  San  Mateo,  Entomology. 

V.  G.  Huntley,  Petaluma,  Poultry  Husbandry. 


Creamery,  Pavilion,  and  Cottage  No.  1. 


INTRODUCTION. 


The  object  of  this  circular  is  to  call  attention  to  the  preparations 
of  the  University  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  many  men  and  women 
who  will  come  to  the  Farm  to  attend  the  Short  Courses  in  Agriculture, 
announced  in  Circular  No.  37;  and  to  give  the  details  promised 
regarding  the  School  of  Agriculture  to  open  in  January,  for  boys 
of  fifteen  years  of  age  or  over.  The  first  point  is  presented  largely 
through  illustrations,  all  of  which  have  been  taken  upon  the  Farm,  and 
show  farming  operations  and  implements  and  the  work  of  constructing 
a  few  of  the  many  buildings  which  will  be  needed  as  the  institution 
grows. 

Details  of  the  Short  Courses  not  repeated  herein  will  be  found  in 
Circular  No.  37,  and  the  reader  who  has  not  a  copy  is  asked  to  write 
for  one.  Description  of  the  longer  courses  for  boys  will  be  found  on 
the  closing  pages  of  this  circular,  and  if  the  perusal  of  them  cause 
any  further  question  to  arise,  a  personal  correspondence  will  be 
welcomed. 

The  Short  Courses  are  primarily  for  farmers— for  busy  men  and 
women  who  want  to  know  more  about  their  everyday  problems,  but 
who  can  not  spend  as  much  time  away  from  home  as  when  they  were 
boys,  or  as  much  as  they  plan  for  their  sons  to  spend  in  an  agricultural 
school.  Any  one  who  is  seventeen  years  of  age  or  over  and  desires 
to  learn  will  be  welcomed. 

Thinking  that  this  circular  may  reach  some  who  have  not  seen 
Circular  No.  37,  we  repeat  the  calendar  and  essential  notices  regarding 
the  Short  Courses.  The  application  form  in  Circular  No.  37  should 
be  used  by  those  desiring  to  enter  the  Short  Courses,  while  the 
application  form  in  this  circular  is  for  the  School  of  Agriculture. 

Additional  information  regarding  instruction  at  the  University 
Farm  will  be  gladly  furnished  upon  request. 

Leroy  Anderson, 
Superintendent  of  University  Farm  Schools. 


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CALENDAR  OF  SHORT  COURSES. 


Dairy  Manufacture. — Eight  weeks.     October  5th-November  2.3th. 

Irrigation,  Soils,  Forage  Crops  and  Cereals. — Three  weeks. 
October  12th-31st. 

Poultry  Husbandry. — Eight  days.    October  12th-20th. 

Animal  Industry  and  Veterinary  Science. — Four  weeks.  Octo- 
ber 21st-November  18th. 

Horticulture  and  Viticulture. — Three  weeks.  November  4th- 
25th. 

The  University  Farm  is  situated  at  the  town  of  Davis  in  Yolo 
County.  It  adjoins  the  town  on  the  south  and  west,  and  the  main 
buildings  are  not  more  than  one  half  mile  from  the  town's  business 
street.  Davis  is  at  the  junction  of  the  Oregon  and  Central  overland 
railway  routes  and  thirteen  miles  westward  from  Sacramento. 

DAIRY  MANUFACTURE. 

Eight  Weeks. 

Monday,  October  5th — Wednesday,  November  25th. 

Object.  To  give  an  insight  into  the  principles  underlying  the 
production  of  pure  milk  and  the  manufacture  of  milk  products, 
and  to  afford  an  opportunity  of  making  and  handling  milk 
products  under  the  instruction  of  successful  operators. 

Instructors:  Professor  Anderson,  Associate  Professor  Major, 
Assistant  Professor  Hopper,  Dr.  Haring,  Mr.  Hageman,  and 
others. 

Lectures  and  recitations  on  the  secretion,  composition,  and  testing 
of  milk;  fermentations  in  milk  and  their  control;  principles 
and  objects  of  pasteurization;  separation  of  cream,  cream 
ripening  and  use  of  starters ;  churning  and  controlling  moisture 
in  butter;  cheese  making  and  curing;  dairy  bacteriology; 
breeds  of  dairy  cattle ;  steam-engine,  and  other  subjects  of  vital 
importance  to  the  creamery  operators. 

Two  lectures  daily  for  eight  weeks.  Practice  in  butter  and  cheese 
making,  milk  testing,  dairy  bacteriology,  and  machinery,  4  to  6 
hours  daily,  including  Saturday. 


The  Creamery.     Farmers'  Institute,   1907. 


Creamery  —Separator    and   Churning  Rooms. 


POULTRY  HUSBANDRY. 
Eight  Days. 
Monday,  October  12th — Tuesday,  October  20th. 
Breeds  and  Management.  Professor  Jaffa, 

Mrs.  Basley,  Mr.  Huntley,  and  others. 
Study   of   breeds   and   breeding,    feeding,    care    and   management, 
incubators  and  incubation,  egg  testing,  housing,  and  judging 
poultry. 
Three   lectures   daily  and  practice   each   afternoon   from   Monday 
to  Saturday. 

Diseases.  Dr.  Haring  and  Dr.  McNair. 

Discussion  of  the  common  troubles  of  fowls  and  infectious  diseases ; 

caponizing  and  other  poultry  surgery. 
Monday  and  Tuesday,  October  19th  and  20th.     Three  lectures  and 

afternoon  practice  each  day. 


Putah  Creek  has  a  picnic  ground. 


Constructing  an   irrigating  ditch. 


The  completed  irrigation  ditch. 


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IRRIGATION,  SOILS,  FORAGE  CROPS  AND  CEREALS. 

Three  Weeks. 
Monday,  October  12th — Saturday,  October  31st. 

Irrigation,  Assistant  Professor  Etcheverry  and  Mr.  Wright. 

Explanation  of  principles  and  construction  of  levels  and  level  rods. 
Practice  with  levels  and  rods.  Staking  out  work,  calculating 
quantities  and  keeping  notes. 

First  week,  2  lectures  and  3  hours  field  work  daily. 

Preparation  of  land  for  irrigation.  Description  of  tools  used  in 
digging  laterals  and  grading  land.  Different  methods  of  apply- 
ing water.  Measurement  of  water  and  computation  by  means 
of  meters,  weirs,  floats,  etc. 

Second  week,  1  lecture  and  3  hours  field  work  daily. 

Soils.  Associate  Professor  Loughridge. 

Lectures  and  field  illustrations  of  soil  types,  movements  of  soil 
water,  etc. 

First  week,  1  lecture  daily  and  field  work  by  appointment. 

Grasses  and  Forage  Crops.  Professor  Wickson. 

A  discussion  of  the  various  lands  available  for  pasturage  and  forage 
purposes  in  California ;  of  the  policies  which  yield  best  results, 
and  the  culture  of  grasses  and  other  forage  plants  which  have 
shown  special  adaptation  to  California  conditions  under  rainfall 
or  irrigation. 

Third  week,  1  lecture  daily. 

Sugar  Beets  and  Cereals.  Associate  Professor  Shaw, 

Assistant  Professor  Burd,  Mr.  Gaumnitz,  Mr.  Sherwin,  and 
Mr.  Denny. 

Sugar  beet  culture.  Soils  and  climates,  selecting  and  testing  seed, 
preparation  of  land,  fertilizer  and  water  requirements,  cultiva- 
tion and  irrigation,  conserving  the  fertility  under  beet  culture. 

Second  week,  2  lectures  daily. 

Cereal  production.  Wheat,  barley,  and  oats,  types,  distribution, 
and  adaptability,  grading  grain  as  to  quality  and  selection  of 
seed.  Corn,  its  structure  and  composition.  Maintaining 
fertility  under  cereal  culture. 

Third  week,  1  lecture  daily  and  2  hours  field  work. 


Irrigated    sugar    beets. 


Unirrigated   sugar  beets. 


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ANIMAL  INDUSTRY  AND  VETERINARY  SCIENCE. 
Four  Weeks. 
Wednesday,  October  21st — Wednesday,  November  18th. 
Animal  Industry.     Associate  Professor  Major  and  Special  Lecturers. 
Lectures  and  practice  work  in  judging  the  various  breeds  of  live- 
stock, their  history,  selection,  feeding,  care,  and  management; 
planning  farm  buildings ;  raising  and  handling  forage  crops. 
First  week,  dairy  cattle;   second  week,   beef  cattle;   third   week, 
horses,  jacks,  and  mules ;  fourth  week,  sheep  and  swine. 

Veterinary  Science— Minor  Surgery  and  Clinics. 

Dr.  Haring  and  Special  Lecturers. 

Practical  facts  regarding  the  anatomy  and  physiology  of  domestic 
animals,  illustrated  by  actual  dissections  by  students.  Instruc- 
tion in  the  preparation  of  simple  farm  medicines  and  the  care 
of  sick  animals.  Minor  surgical  operations  such  as  dehorning, 
castrating,  and  spaying. 

Throughout  the  4  weeks,  2  afternoons  per  week. 

In  connection  with  this  course  a  free  clinic  will  be  conducted  at 
the  Pavilion  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  afternoons. 

Veterinary  Sanitary  Science.  Dr.  Haring  and  Special  Lecturers. 

Lectures  and  practice  in  tuberculin  testing,  vaccination,  preparation 
and  application  of  disinfectants  and  post-mortem  examinations. 
Third  and  fourth  weeks,  1  lecture  daily  and  practice  to  be  arranged. 


Some  of  the  young  stock.     Alfalfa  at  the  right. 


Ready  to  sulphur  the  vines  for  mildew. 


Plant  propagation  by  students. 


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HORTICULTURE  AND  VITICULTURE,  INCLUDING 
ENTOMOLOGY. 

Three  Weeks. 

Wednesday,  November  4th — Wednesday,  November  25th. 

Horticulture  and  Viticulture.  Professor  Wickson, 

Assistant   Professor   Clarke,   Mrs.    Sherman,   Mr.    Bioletti, 
Mr.  Swett,  Mr.  Hecke,  and  others. 

A  lecture  and  demonstration  course  covering  the  planting,  care 
and  management  of  orchards  and  vineyards.  So  far  as  the 
season  and  material  at  hand  permit,  the  student  will  perform 
the  various  operations  connected  with  the  establishment  and 
maintenance  of  orchards  and  vineyards.  Considerable  atten- 
tion will  be  given  to  the  commercial  side  of  orchard  and  vine- 
yard operations,  methods  of  disposition  of  the  crop,  and  similar 
topics.  Bench  grafting  and  similar  operations  will  receive 
much  attention. 

Three  weeks,  1  lecture  daily  and  practice  each  afternoon. 

Entomology.  Associate  Professor  Woodworth, 

Mr.  Morris,  Mr.  Volck,  and  Mr.  Hunter. 
A  series  of  practical  lectures  and  demonstrations  illustrating  and 
discussing  the  problems  of  insect  control,  including  the  follow- 
ing subjects:  codling  moth,  peach  moth,  potato  moth,  corn 
worm,  cutworms,  grasshoppers,  vinehoppers,  cabbage  aphis, 
melon  aphis,  apple-leaf  aphids,  woolly  aphis,  phylloxera,  San 
Jose  scale,  red  and  yellow  scale,  black  scale,  brown  apricot 
scale,  white  fly,  fruit  thrips,  red  spiders,  etc.  Also  a  detailed 
discussion  of  arsenical  sprays,  distillate  emulsions,  lime  sulfur 
mixture,  and  cyanide  fumigation. 

Three  weeks,  1  lecture  and  a  1-hour  demonstration  daily. 

Excursions  to  nearby  packing  houses,  orchards,  and  vineyards 
will  be  arranged  for  Saturdays  during  the  continuance  of 
these  courses.  Students  will  thus  be  enabled  to  observe  methods 
under  the  most  favorable  conditions.  Reading  rooms  will  be 
available,  and  illustrated  lectures  covering  various  phases  of 
orchard  work  will  profitably  occupy  certain  evenings  while 
these  courses  are  in  progress. 


Experimental    plats.      Wheat. 


Legumes  for  cover  crop. 


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REDUCED  RAILROAD  RATES  TO  THE  SHORT  COURSES. 


The  Southern  Pacific  Company  has  arranged,  on  account  of  the 
short  courses,  a  rate  of  one  and  one-third  fare  for  the  round  trip— 
receipt-certificate  plan— from  all  points  in  California  to  Davis  and 
return.  Tickets  may  be  purchased  for  the  going  trip  from  September 
25th  to  November  25th,  inclusive.  When  buying  the  ticket  to  Davis, 
secure  a  receipt  therefor  from  the  agent.  Receipt-certificates  held  by 
students  registered  in  the  short  courses  will  be  vised  by  the  Secre- 
tary, and  will  then  be  honored  for  the  return  trip  at  one-third  rate, 
from  October  5th  to  November  28th.  This  rate  will  also  apply  to 
persons  attending  the  State  Farmers'  Institute  at  the  University 
Farm,  October  8,  9,  and  10,  1908. 


SPECIAL  LECTURES. 


A  feature  of  the  Short  Courses  will  be  addresses  by  prominent  and 
representative  men,  including  President  Benj.  Ide  Wheeler  of  the 
University  of  California,  Professor  E.  J.  Wickson,  Dean  of  the  College 
of  Agriculture,  Judge  Peter  J.  Shields  of  Sacramento,  Hon.  Arthur  R. 
Briggs,  President  of  the  State  Board  of  Trade,  and  Superintendent 
Wm.  T.  Randall  of  the  Preston  School  of  Industry.  The  addresses  will 
be  upon  topics  of  general  public  interest,  and  will  be  given  usually  upon 
Friday  evenings  during  the  Short  Courses. 


STATE  FARMERS'  INSTITUTE. 


The  annual  State  Farmers'  Institute  will  be  held  at  the  University 
Farm  on  October  8th,  9th,  and  10th.  These  meetings  will  be  addressed 
by  notable  men  from  our  own  State  and  from  abroad,  and  will  be  of 
value  to  those  who  may  be  in  attendance. 

The  programmes  for  these  meetings  will  be  published  at  a  later  date. 

Reduced  rates  on  the  Southern  Pacific  lines  within  the  State  are 
offered  for  attendants  upon  the  Institute.  The  rates  are  one  and  one- 
third  fare  for  the  round  trip  on  the  receipt-certificate  plan. 


Combined   harvester   and   thresher   in    the   barley. 


One  of  the  'Varsity  eights. 


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THE  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE. 


Opportunity  is  offered  in  this  department  for  regular  and  systematic 
study  of  agricultural  subjects  and  for  agricultural  practice  to  boys 
and  young  men  who  are  able  to  remain  at  the  farm  for  two  or  three 
years.  The  work  is  planned  especially  for  the  very  large  number 
who  desire  to  better  fit  themselves  for  the  occupation  of  farming. 
In  the  School  of  Agriculture  the  student  pursues  the  essential 
academic  subjects  of  the  high  school,  such  as  English  and  mathematics, 
but  devotes  the  most  of  his  time  to  agricultural  subjects  and  the 
sciences  relating  directly  thereto.  This  course  does  not  fulfill  the 
requirements  for  entrance  to  college,  since  its  object  is  to  furnish 
a  technical  training  in  agriculture  to  those  who  have  not  felt  that 
they  desired  or  were  able  to  pursue  a  college  course. 

The  course  of  study  for  the  first  year  will  be:  English  5  periods, 
Arithmetic  3  periods,  Soils  7  periods,  Botany  and  Plant  Propagation 
9  periods,  Dairying  7  periods  per  week,  and  Farm  Practice  as  oppor- 
tunity offers. 

Applicants  for  admission  to  the  School  of  Agriculture  must  be  at 
least  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  must  give  satisfactory  evidence  of 
good  moral  character  and  good  behavior.  Applicants  thus  qualified 
will  be  admitted  without  examination  upon  presenting  a  diploma  of 
graduation  from  any  grammar  school  (eighth  grade)  of  the  State. 

Applicants  who  do  not  hold  a  grammar  school  certificate,  but  who 
submit  a  recommendation  from  their  last  teacher  or  their  Superin- 
tendent of  Schools,  will  be  admitted  upon  passing  satisfactorily  an 
examination  in  English,  Arithmetic,  United  States  History  and 
Geography  covering  the  usual  work  done  in  the  grammar  schools. 
The  examination  for  the  first  term  will  be  held  in  the  Creamery 
Building,  Tuesday,  January  5,  1909,  at  9  a.  m.  Registration  of 
students  will  be  from  2  to  4  p.  m.  on  the  same  day. 

Applicants  should  enclose  their  grammar  school  certificates  when 
sending  their  application  for  admission.  The  certificate  will  be 
returned  after  registration  in  January.  The  applications  of  those  who 
expect  to  be  admitted  upon  examination  should  be  accompanied  by 
recommendations  from  teachers  or  Superintendents. 

Tuition  is  free,  and  the  only  charge  made  is  a  fee  to  cover  the  cost 
of  materials  used.  This  will  be  $5.00  for  the  first  term,  from  January 
to  May.  A  deposit  of  $5.00  will  be  required  to  cover  the  cost  of 
breakage  of  glassware  or  apparatus  or  of  locker  keys.    Such  portion 


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of  the  deposit  as  is  not  needed  to  cover  breakage  will  be  returned  at 
the  ('lid  of  the  term.  The  fee  and  deposit  are  payable  at  the  time  of 
registration. 

Board  and  room  cost  in  Davis  about  $25  per  month.  Jt  is  the  plan 
to  provide  dormitories  for  as  many  as  possible  of  the  young  men 
attending  the  School  of  Agriculture,  but  owing  to  the  unavoidable 
delay  in  beginning  the  building  which  is  now  being  constructed,  no 
announcement  of  accommodations  for  the  coming  year  can  be  made 
at  the  time  of  writing'. 


CALENDAR,  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE,  *909. 

Entrance  examinations  and  registration Tuesday,  January  5 

Instruction  begins Wednesday,  January  6 

Washington's  Birthday Monday,  February  22 

Recess  of  one  week Saturday,  March  27  — Monday,  April  5 

First  term  ends Friday,  May  28 


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UNIVLR5ITY  OF  CALIFORNIA-SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE 

UNIVERSITY  FARM,  DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA. 

5CHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE. 


Application  for  Admission. 


Date 

Name  in  full 

Residence 

Date  and  place  of  birth 


Parent  or  guardian  will  approve  this  application  by  signing  below. 


(Business  address.) 

Certificate  from  School  Last  Attended. 

The  above-named  applicant enrolled  in  the 

School 

completed grade 

with  the  following  record :   Scholarship,  

Deportment, Attendance,  

Dated  at ,  190.  .. 

I  hereby  recommend as  a  desirable  student  for  the 

School  of  Agriculture. 


(Teacher,  Principal,  or  Superintendent.) 


Detach  and  mail  to  the  Superintendent  University  Farm  Schools. 
Davis,  California. 


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Printed  at  the  State  Printing  Office,  Sacramento,  W.  W.  Shannon,  Superintendent. 


